Identifying Weaknesses in your Home Security

Identifying Weaknesses in your Home Security

For ensuring the security of your home, you need to quickly identify the areas of your home that are most susceptible to breaking and entering. The reason for this is it only takes one weak point for an intruder to spot to enter the privacy of your home. In this blog, the potential weak points of your house and surroundings are discussed and you are expected to do your part in identifying them and addressing them the minute you enter and occupy a new home.

Windows and doors

The most vulnerable parts of your home are usually known as the entry points. These comprise the doors, the windows and any unprotected or unsecured openings in your house like the wooden protected ventilation gaps to your basement and so on. Very strong locks are recommended for your main doors and small but strong latches for your windows. Be wary of trees that grow close to your higher windows. For additional protection you can even install sensor alarms and fix security screens to your doors and windows.

Fencing

At Smarter Fencing we provide a huge variety of fencing options to provide the first line of defence for you home and surrounding grounds. A strong, sturdy and well-kept fence will do wonders in keeping uninvited intruders out. A dilapidated and weak fence will act like open invitation to criminal elements and here is where you need to upgrade the type of fenceyou use inprotecting your home. It’s true that a solid timber fence is protection enough but with time, even the hardiest of these can succumb to the elements. We offer strong alternatives in the form of aluminium and steel fences. They are excellent deterrents and require very little maintenance. Invest in these strong fences and make your property 100% burglar proof.

Get advice

In order to strengthen the defence of your house and surrounds it is advisable to get an expert second opinion on its security status. Security experts can provide the service and will provide you with appropriate suggestions on how you can further enhance the security of your home. Follow their instructions and ensure that what they say is followed to the letter so that you will need not worry about the security of you home and surrounding grounds.

Monitoring is a must

Even after you have made the improvements and adjustments to your safety precautions, it doesn’t end there. Monitoring the security of your home is an on-going process to ensure that every safety precaution taken is functioning properly without any flaws. Install a CCTV system – one that allows you to view around your home from the inside of your home. Always adopt the thinking of a burglar and try to pre-empt what he or she is going to do when committing the crime. In doing so, every likely weakness and flaw will surface and you will be in a better position to devise counteracting measures to foil the actions of criminal elements. Be proactive and if you can’t do the monitoring yourself, be prepared to invest wealth in alarm or surveillance systems to enhance the visual and audio protection of your homestead and the surrounding grounds. By doing so, you will have the security and safety of you place being ceaselessly monitored day and night in a professional manner. Discuss your security concerns with Serious Security.

Fix what you find

Nevertheless, when you do find any gaps in the security of your homestead you should not hesitate and let the weakness fester like a sore. You should immediately address the existing problem by providing an appropriate panacea. If you don’t, you will leave yourself wide open to the ruthless practices of robbers and thieves and that would be more expensive than investing your wealth on effective security systems. If you don’t bother to find and fix the weaknesses, burglars will certainly find them and they will definitely enter your home.